This photo provided by Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium shows sea lion pup named Pepper on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, at the the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Wash. (Katie G. Cotterill/Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium via AP)This photo provided by Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium shows sea lion pup named Pepper on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, at the the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. (Katie G. Cotterill/Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium via AP)This photo provided by Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium shows sea lion mom Eloise with her pup Pepper on, Monday, July 1, 2024, at the the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. (Katie G. Cotterill/Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium via AP)This photo provided by Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium shows Staff Biologist Kelsie Atz-Riley with sea lion pup Pepper on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, at the the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. (Katie G. Cotterill/Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium via AP)This photo provided by Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium shows sea lion mom Eloise with her pup Pepper on, Monday, July 1, 2024, at the the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Wash. (Katie G. Cotterill/Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium via AP)
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This photo provided by Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium shows sea lion pup named Pepper on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, at the the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Wash. (Katie G. Cotterill/Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium via AP)
